Let's step back from Nagase's love life for a moment and talk about his new summer drama.

He will be starring in NTV's still untitled tentatively titled Karei-naru Spy airing Saturdays/9pm. This will be Japan's first spy comedy series ( Read more... )

Okay, so the title may be a little misleading, but Tokyo Sports says the people behind the franchise have big plans. None of which include ending the series.

As I'm sure you know, this summer Gokusen The Movie hits theaters with Kamenashi Kazuya as part of the cast. Yes, Kame's back as Season 2's Odagiri Ryu - this time as a student teacher ( Read more... )

Bubka's got some info on the Gokusen movie releasing this July ( Read more... )

Things are not going well for Kamenashi’s drama Kami no Shizuku. The weekly ratings were just released and this is how they all fared ( Read more... )

When ratings soar what else can you do but make a movie version? Even if your drama is nothing but a big ol' piece of fluff ( Read more... )

I'd been avoiding stories about Last Friends since I hadn't finished watching it and didn't want to come across any spoilers, but now that I have only one episode left, I took a chance and found this one to be okay. But for anyone who hasn't seen ep 10 yet, it will give away a certain plot point.

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I haven't seen an official announcement yet (unless I'm blind or something) but considering this LJ houses rumors, I don't see why that should matter.
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You might be interested to know the rest of the cast for next season's Yasuko to Kenji starring Matsuoka Masahiro ( Read more... )

Just a quick little news entry.

Domoto Tsuyoshi will be starring as a quirky detective in the Saturday, 11:10pm Fuji drama 33-pun Tantei, beginning August 2nd. This quirky detective's method of solving cases includes pointing out a seemingly random person as the criminal despite everyone else believing otherwise. The drama will follow his slow, ( Read more... )

Monthly The Television announced last month the winners of their 56th Drama Acadamy Awards with SP taking top prize as Best Drama. SP also received the Best Director award, as if Okada Junichi wasn't awesome enough, he was crowned Best Actor ( Read more... )

For those interested, I've updated the list of possible summer dramas. Nothing big: one drama has become official, and a few titles and some other info were added - still unconfirmed at the moment, but if you're curious, have a look.